Letter·34 CDF art. 175·1972

Correspondence between Schaeffer, Pelon and Nicolaou on objects lent to and returned late to the Cyprus MuseumClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer and Kyriakos Nicolaou

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Typed in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 3 of letter 34 CDF art. 175 (Correspondence between Schaeffer, Pelon and Nicolaou on objects lent to and returned late to the Cyprus Museum), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 175, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 3 of 8

Handwritten: to be looked up at C.F. and BCB.

Objects of the French Mission to Enkomi. (File 36/36/7 bls 34-35)

1957: Stone weight - Sherds.

1958: Sherds

1963: Jar for the burial of newborns (Inv. No 1324) [handwritten: Inv. No 1324 is in blue ink, enclosed in parentheses]

1965: 12 boxes of sherds

1967:

Inv. 19.23 19.24 19.25 19.26 19.64 19.65

Bands No.11

Spatula 1540

Ingot fragments

Sheet fragments

Spiral ring No.8

Fragments of rods and sheets No.27

Hook No.25

10 pieces of wood.

1969: (File 36/36/7 bl.65)

20.252 Ball of baked clay.

1970 (File 36/36/7 bls.65-66) Inv.

21.29 Bronze weight

21.31 Bronze knives with ivory handle + two sherds.

21.32 Bronze dagger.

21.41 Weight in the form of a mouse, in bronze.

[hw: 5/2 84 — with handwritten letter in blue ink beside the list: "Mr the Curator, J'ai the le ran encore de mon de voulez d'imprimer dans le droit d'exposer temporaire les objets antiques ... déménagés par la Direction des Antiquités à Salamis entre 1957 et 1970 selon la liste 36/36/7 bls 34-35. Les objets de 1970 se trouvent à restaurer – Marquez pour restaurer ... Please accept, Sir the Curator, my thanks, the expression of my distinguished sentiments.]

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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